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Line 62: − + − + − + − + − + + − In May 2008, the ''Louisiana Department of Culture and Tourism'' declared the location where JFK delivered his 1959 International Rice Festival speech in Crowley an area of historical significance and erected an historical marker.+ − − Edmund Reggie died at the age of eighty-seven at his Lafayette home surrounded by his wife and family. <ref>''www.edmundreggie.com''[http://www.edmundreggie.com/2013/11/edmund-m-reggie-1926-2013/]</ref>Services were held on November 22, the fiftieth anniversary of the assassination of John F. Kennedy, at St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church in Crowley. Interment followed in Woodlawn Mausoleum in Crowley.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theadvertiser/obituary.aspx?n=edmund-reggie&pid=168099013&fhid=16696|title=Judge Edmund Reggie|publisher=''Lafayette Daily Advertiser''|accessdate=November 23, 2013}}</ref>
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==Later years==
==Later years==
In the 1971 Democratic [[Governor|gubernatorial]] primary to choose a successor to John McKeithen, Reggie supported not his Crowley friend, Edwin Edwards, but former Governor Jimmie Davis, one of the more conservative candidates in the crowded field who was seeking a third nonconsecutive term.. At the time Reggie erroneously considered Edwards unelectable. The decision hampered their relationship, and the two did not speak for three years."<ref>Leo Honeycutt, ''Edwin Edwards: Governor of Louisiana,'' Lisburn Press, 2009, p. 70.</ref>
In the 1971 Democratic [[Governor|gubernatorial]] primary to choose a successor to John McKeithen, Reggie supported not his Crowley friend, Edwin Edwards, but former Governor Jimmie Davis, one of the more conservative candidates in the crowded field who was seeking a third nonconsecutive term.. At the time Reggie erroneously considered Edwards unelectable. The decision hampered their relationship, and the two did not speak for three years."<ref>Leo Honeycutt, ''Edwin Edwards: Governor of Louisiana,'' Lisburn Press, 2009, p. 70.</ref>
In 1992, his daughter, [[Victoria Reggie Kennedy|Vicki]], married U.S. Senator [[Edward M. Kennedy]]. Reggie’s close relationship with son-in-law Ted Kennedy was evidenced occasionally in the press.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.boston.com/news/specials/kennedy/ |author=Bella English|publisher=''The Boston Globe'' | title=''Ted Kennedy. A Life in Politics'' | date=August 26, 2009}}</ref>
In 1992, his daughter, [[Victoria Reggie Kennedy|Vicki]], married U.S. Senator [[Edward M. Kennedy]]. Reggie’s close relationship with son-in-law Ted Kennedy was evidenced occasionally in the press.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.boston.com/news/specials/kennedy/ |author=Bella English|publisher=''The Boston Globe'' | title=''Ted Kennedy. A Life in Politics'' | date=August 26, 2009}}</ref>
In 1993, Reggie was convicted of misapplication of funds (a [[felony]]) and was sentenced to 120 days of home confinement and a $30,000 fine.<ref>[http://www.reggiefamilyarchives.com/1761-Reggie-gets-120-days-at-home-in-bank-case.html Reggie gets 120 days at home in bank case]</ref>
In 1993, Reggie was convicted of misapplication of funds (a [[felony]]) and was sentenced to 120 days of home confinement and a $30,000 fine.<ref>[http://www.reggiefamilyarchives.com/1761-Reggie-gets-120-days-at-home-in-bank-case.html Reggie gets 120 days at home in bank case]</ref>
In 2004, Reggie was inducted into the Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame in Winnfield. Son-in-law Edward Kennedy paid a surprise visit to the event.<ref>''www.lapoliticalmuseum.com'' [http://www.lapoliticalmuseum.com/inductees.php?viewID=41 Edmund M. Reggie] Online version</ref>
In 2004, Reggie was inducted into the Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame in Winnfield. Son-in-law Edward Kennedy paid a surprise visit to the event.<ref>''www.lapoliticalmuseum.com'' [http://www.lapoliticalmuseum.com/inductees.php?viewID=41 Edmund M. Reggie] Online version</ref>
In May 2008, the ''Louisiana Department of Culture and Tourism'' declared the location where JFK delivered his 1959 International Rice Festival speech in Crowley an area of historical significance and erected an historical marker.
Judge Reggie died at the age of eighty-seven at his Lafayette home surrounded by his wife and family.<ref>''www.edmundreggie.com''[http://www.edmundreggie.com/2013/11/edmund-m-reggie-1926-2013/]</ref>Services were held on November 22, the fiftieth anniversary of the assassination of John F. Kennedy, at St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church in Crowley. Interment followed in Woodlawn Mausoleum in Crowley.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theadvertiser/obituary.aspx?n=edmund-reggie&pid=168099013&fhid=16696|title=Judge Edmund Reggie|publisher=''Lafayette Daily Advertiser''|accessdate=November 23, 2013}}</ref>
==References==
==References==